1988 Enzed Sandown 500

The 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 11 September 1988 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km circuit, a total distance of 503 km. This was the last time that the 3.9 km International configuration of the Sandown circuit was used for Australian touring car racing. The race was the 23rd running of the "Sandown enduro".

Layout of the Sandown Raceway international circuit (1984-1998)

1988 would be the only year that New Zealand based hydraulic hose and connector repair company Enzed, a former sponsor of Larry Perkins, would sponsor the event.

Allan Moffat and Gregg Hansford won the race in their Eggenberger Motorsport built Ford Sierra RS500. It was Moffat's 6th and final Sandown enduro win having previously won in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1982 and 1983. It was also Moffat's final race win as a driver in Australia. Second was the new Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Larry Perkins and Denny Hulme, while third after numerous troubles was the pole winning Sierra of Dick Johnson and John Bowe.

Class B was won by the Mobil 1 Racing BMW M3 of Peter Brock, Jim Richards and David Parsons which finished 7th outright, 7 laps down on the Moffat/Hansford Sierra. Class C was won by the Nissan Gazelle of David Sala and Ross Burbidge which finished 11th outright, 20 laps down on the Sierra.

The race was broadcast live throughout Australia by the ABC with commentary provided by Will Hagon, Peter Gee and Melbourne motor racing personality "Captain" Peter Janson.

Class structure edit

The race was contested in three displacement classes:^[1]

Class A: Outright^[1]
Class B: 2001 cc to 3000 cc^[1]
Class C: Up to 2000 cc^[1]

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Grid positions were determined by three 30 minute qualifying sessions.^[2] The first ten positions were:

Pos^[3]	No.	Entrant	Driver^[3]	Car	Time^[3]
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:46.94
2	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	1:48.30
3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:48.82
4	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	BMW M3	1:50.04
5	8	Andrew Bagnall	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	1:50.09
6	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:50.18
7	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra RS500	1:50.40
8	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:50.68
9	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Armin Hahne	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:52.23
10	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Giddings	Ford Sierra RS500	1:52.24

Race edit

Position^[4]	Class^[1]	No.^[1]	Entrant^[1]	Drivers^[4]	Car	Laps^[4]
1	A	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	129
2	A	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	129
3	A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	125
4	A	26	Strathfield Car Radios	Tony Noske Graham Moore	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	124
5	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Tomas Mezera	Ford Sierra RS500	123
6	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Smith Alfredo Costanzo	Ford Sierra RS500	123
7	B	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Jim Richards David Parsons^[5]	BMW M3	122
8	A	46	Sunliner Campmobiles	Tony Hunter Steve Harrington	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	121
9	A	22	Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd	Ken Lusty Graham Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	121
10	A	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay Geoff Munday	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	117
11	C	88	David Sala^[6]	David Sala Ross Burbidge	Nissan Gazelle	109
12	A	42	Hella Australia P/L	Matt Wacker Larry Kogge	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	99
NC	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden^[1] Garry Jones^[1] Damon Beck^[1]	Toyota Sprinter	81
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	94
DNF	A	36	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Ray Lintott	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	81
DNF^[4]	A	87	Joe Sommariva	Joe Sommariva^[1] Darrell Belsky^[1] Warren McKellar^[1]	BMW 635 CSi	79
DNF	A	38	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis Bruce Williams	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	78
DNF	B	34	Phil Ward Automotive Servies Motor Racing Division	Phil Ward David Clement	Mercedes-Benz 190E	69
DNF	B	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton David Parsons Peter Brock^[5]	BMW M3	58
DNF	A	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Jeff Allam Armin Hahne	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	56
DNF	C	32	Toyota Team Australia	Brett Riley Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla	44
DNF	A	8	Andrew Bagnall	Andrew Miedecke Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra RS500	28
DNF	A	23	Beaurepaires Motorsport	Chris Lambden Kerry Baily	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	26
DNF	A	20	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Ken Mathews	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	25
DNF	C	31	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Oliver Mike Freeman	Toyota Corolla	23
DNF	A	3	Yellow Pages	Peter McLeod Jim Keogh	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	21
DNF	C	86	Gemspares	Darryl Hendrick John White	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	17
DNF	A	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Giddings Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	15
DNF	C	91	Bryan Bate Motors Ltd	Bryan Bate Andrew Maher	Toyota Corolla	11
DNF	A	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Bob Jolly	Ford Mustang	3
DNF	A	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1
DNF	C	29	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	1
DNS	A	2	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500
DNS^[2]	A	14	Netcomm	Murray Carter^[2] Steve Masterton^[1]	Ford Sierra RS500

Note: Car 13 was still running at the finish of the race but had not completed 75% of the race winners' distance.^[7]

Statistics edit

Pole Position - #17 Dick Johnson - 1:46.94
Winners' race time: 4 hrs 4 mins 11.24 sec^[8]
Fastest Lap - #17 John Bowe - 1:47.65 (lap 81 - new lap record)^[7]

Race name edit

Sources differ in referring to the race as either the Enzed Sandown 500 or simply as the Enzed 500. The former is used in the Official Program^[1] and in the Provisional Results^[4] and has been used here.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Official Program, ENZED Sandown 500
^ ^a ^b ^c Mike Jacobson, Moffat's Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 16 September 1988, pages 10-15
^ ^a ^b ^c Pit Lane, Thunderdome - Australian Motor Sport, October 1988, page 59
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Provisional - Results - 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 - Sandown International Raceway, Victoria - 11 September 1988", as obtained from the Eric Rainsford Library, Sporting Car Club of South Australia
^ ^a ^b David Segal, Enzed 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, pages 264-267
^ Sandown Entry List, Racing Car News, September 1988, page 7
^ ^a ^b Bill Tuckey, "And Johnson rolled his eyes to the bilious skies" - The Enzed 500, The Great Race, #8, Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited, 1989, pages 52 to 60
^ Enzed 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 11 March 2017

External links edit

Preceded by 1987 Castrol 500	Sandown 500 1988	Succeeded by 1989 .05 - 500

[Program-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Official Program, ENZED Sandown 500

[AAA-2] Mike Jacobson, Moffat's Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 16 September 1988, pages 10-15

[Thunderdome-3] Pit Lane, Thunderdome - Australian Motor Sport, October 1988, page 59

[Results-4] "Provisional - Results - 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 - Sandown International Raceway, Victoria - 11 September 1988", as obtained from the Eric Rainsford Library, Sporting Car Club of South Australia

[AMRY-5] David Segal, Enzed 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, pages 264-267

[RCN-6] Sandown Entry List, Racing Car News, September 1988, page 7

[Tuckey-7] Bill Tuckey, "And Johnson rolled his eyes to the bilious skies" - The Enzed 500, The Great Race, #8, Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited, 1989, pages 52 to 60

[touringcarracing.net-8] Enzed 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 11 March 2017

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